Flypast Heights

http://www.nats-uk.ead-it.com/aip/current/aic/EG_Circ_2010_M_018_en.pdf

This contains all the details of the practices and the heights

I think I will be either at Halton or Brize as I am mid way between the two

Except for Filton’s proximity to residential areas of course, making BRS the less offensive option to a larger part of the population.

Filton was ideally situated at the end of the Concorde programme before the building of Bradley Stoke this is when it should have been put forward.

The new housing development on the edge of the airfield will probably result in the airfield being lost to flying in the medium term.

Some details here

http://www.warbirdregistry.org/jetregistry/f15-730098.html

Was built for Israel

http://www.demobbed.org.uk/image_display.php?otype=635&types=635,1046&aircraft=19489

Here is the aircraft at Newbridge

WN336 was lost on 18/11/56 the Canberra was shotdown on 6/11/56

Usworth, which was the sector fighter station for 13 group had its runways laid in 1939 which is why 607 squadron operated from Acklington before moving to France.

The answer may lie in the ORB for Tangmere at the National Archive in Kew as the ORB for Usworth mentions construction of the runways.

607 Squadron were at Tangmere with Hurricane I in Septemeber 1940.

Andy Saunders might know more as he has a lot of knowledge on Tangmere

Merkle,

From memory of the Bigand when it was at the North East Aircraft Museum the fuselage had suffered from some crushing near the front. This would make it difficult to take accurate measurements.

The fuselage was also pretty stripped so I can only imagine that any asbestos must be lagging on the few remaining pipes, although I would have thought that there would have been few of these in the fuselage.

I know that one member of the North East Aircraft Museum did also start to construct a representative panel in the early 1990’s. I am not sure whether this remained in his private collection or is in the museum store

These are two of the candidates for the fin F-GEFY & F-GEFU which were ex-Senagal Air Force.

F-GEFU appears to have the fin cut off whereas F-GEFY apears to have it removed.

However both were white at the time they were cut up in France. The cockpits certainly came to the Uk

http://www.friendsofthedc3.20m.com/photos.htm

The other probablility is OT-CWA (FL586) which was a former Belgian Machine

Scroll down the photos and you will find this machine at North Weald. The colours would probably be closer to your fin

http://www.oldprops.ukhome.net/DC3-Non%20USA%20Photographs.htm

One other possible aircraft is G-ASMN but this was dark Green prior to scrapping

N5656L as rightly pointed out by Radpoe was black at the time the fin was removed.

My educated guess is that it is from OT-CWA unless it goes back to the ex-Spanish Air Force Dakotas that were arround in the early eighties.